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Show ,r· ·-· .. .;.....,.,;..;...,; .;.,.;..;.. - -- I~ THE CAMPUS . .. ,, ' 'l'JIE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • FRIDAY1 DECEMBER 5, 1997 : '~~'· :.:f~ f :., SENATE CLOSE~UP Durcan seeks more student input of the various projects, that's not a lot." Currently, Durcan said sh e is trying to get funding for Ymbsittendra, an academic journal on campus, JOURNAL STAFF WRITER crosswalks between the Centrum and its parking lot and the LOS Institute and the adjoining parking lot, "I wish they'd come to me more with ideas, and to get art cabinets in the Sharwan Smith Center. concerns, and problem s," said Arts, Letters and So far, Durcan has sponsored two bills. One to get Humanities SUUSA Senator Jennifer Durcan, displays for the presidential voicing her concern for the students inauguration and one she coof SUU . sponsored with Brook Madsen, Ourcan is a history major from Las Business, Technology and Vegas, Nev., with a possible double Communication senator, to get major in political science. After guards on the windows of the college, Durcan said she plans take a General Classrooms Building, to nine-month break from school and stop birds from flying into them. then enter law school. Durcan said she would like more She's been active on campus for students to approach her with ideas some time, having spent a year as a and concerns about improvement in writer and another as arts and the school and community. "It is entertainment editor for the through the students that these University fournal. senators know what to improve. As a member of the SU USA They are elected into office and Senate, Durcan said s he spends a lot there to serve you, 11 she said. of time researching and sponsoring Students with questions, concerns bills. "These projects must be or comments can reach Durcan in chosen carefully, 11 Durcan said, the SUUSA Offices Tuesdays an d " because the senate only has abou t Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m . and $25,000 from the student fees each most mornings between 10 and 11. year, and when you consider the cost fennifer Durcan By JANELLE PHILLIPS . 13-week program offers entrepreneurial training A 13-week business training course designed to improve entrepreneurial skills and to assist in the creation of business plans is being sponsored by the SUU Small Business Development Center. The first class session will be Jan. 6. Additional classes will be held each Tuesday through March 3 1. All sessions will run from 6-9 p.m. in Room 103 of the SUU Bu siness Building. Cost for the class is $250 if registration is completed by Dec. 10 or $300 for those signing up after that date. A $65 nonrefundable fee will be charged anyone withdrawing after the second session. A spouse or business partner who will share training materials may register for an additional $175. "We will be teaching a 'NXLeveL' program developed by the Western Entrepreneurial Network at the University of Colorado at Denver," Derek Snow, director of the SUU SBDC, said. "Training materials- which participants keep- and the curriculum are based on feedback from over 4,000 entrepreneurs who have taken training courses over the past two years." First-come, first-served registration may be completed by calling 586-5400. The number of participants is limited. "We will be teaching such topics as how and when to start business planning, organizing and managing a business, identifying opportunities and marketing a business, understanding and getting financials in order, how and where to get funding, and writing a detailed business plan,11 Snow said. Forensic squad heads to Arizona State Marissa Johnson, a senior from Pleasant Grove who placed fifth and sixth, Charity Lund, a sophomore from Manti who took third, fifth, and sixth places, By JIM ROBINSON and Luc Stricker, a sophomore from New Haven, Conn., who won fifth place. CAMPUS EDITO R Additioanlly, it has been announced, three SUU students have been selected for national leadership positions in three national forensics organizations. Momentum will be on the side of SUU's forensics squad when it competes in "To have three students from one institution elected by their peers from across the Arizona State University Forensic Fiesta this weekend in Tempe, Ariz. the country to such positions, is rare," said West. "It is a compliment to their Kristen Kemerer, a junior from Sandy, will lead the squad into Arizona after individual forensics stature and to the winning a plethora of awards at a pair of recent university." tournaments hosted in St. Louis, Mo. Kemerer Herrmann is the student representative from won the individual pentathlon for the Gateway the Rocky Mountain region to the Cross Swing Forensics Classic, the combination of Examination Debate Association lCEDA), the two meets hosted by the University of Johnson is the student representative from the Missouri-St. Louis and Webster University. western United States to the National Forensic Individual pentathlon scores were Association jNFA), and Kemerer is one of two determined by combining the scores of students chosen nationally to serve on the participants in each of five events in each of The Cross Examination Debate Association lists Southern American Forensic Association's (AFA} the two individual tournaments. "It takes a in its most recent national Utah University in 25th place national individual events t0urnament great deal of versatility and determination for a rankings released this week. CEDA includes over 175 member committee. student to win that sort of competition, 11 said Herrmann has a full vote in the national colleges and universities and is the largest debate league in the Terry West, director of forensics at SUU. "We United States. Its rankings are based on points earned by a business meetings of CEDA, the nation's · are certainly proud of Kristen's effort." largest intercollegiate debate organization. She school's top two teams at each of an institution's best six As a team, SUU's squad finished third among also coordinates student activities and meets. all schools in the combined Gateway Swing proposals for policy change among students "Our ranking is even more significant, since the squad has scoring. The squad placed third among 18 competed in only four tournaments thus far this the season," from Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, colleges and universities from eight states in Terry West, SUU director of forensics, points out. "Most of the and parts of Texas. the Webster University portion of the Johnson represents a student constituency in other top 25 teams have participated in at least six tournament. At UMSL, SUU finished fifth the national student organization for one of the tournaments. Our next tournament is Dec. 5-8 at Arizona 'among 27 colleges and universities from 15 State University. If we do well, we could move up in the two national individual event tournament states. rankings. We are with striking distance of the University of bodies. She votes on recommendations to the In individual events, Kemerer won first Vermont, Gonzaga, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Southeast national council of the NFA. places in impromptu speaking, persuasive Kemerer's committee sets policies and Louisiana, and the U.S. Naval Academy." speaking and extemporaneous speaking at regulations for the nation's other individual The top five schools in the December CEDA rankings are Webster. She earned second places in Southern Illinois, Emory, Michigan State, Missouri-Kansas event organization and its national informative speaking and persuasive speaking tournament. She is student vice president of City, and Alabama. at UMSL. She also picked up a total of two Debaters contributing to SUU's point total this season Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, a national third place, a fourth place, and a fifth place include Sara Herrmann, senior, Kearns; Luke Stricker, junior, forensic honor society with a respected award at the two competitions. Salt Lake City; Stacie Stapley, sophomore, St. George; Kasey national tournament, and serves as district Also earning event points for SUU at the AFA National Individual Events Tournament Reardon, freshman, Cedar City; Heather Smith, sophomore, Gateway Swing meets were Karla Bassett, a Sandy; Delinah Stuart, sophomore, Bingham; Nate Arendtsen, student representative for students in Arizona, sophomore from Cody, Wyo., who placed third, Colorado, New Mexico, parts of Texas, Utah, freshman, Heber City; and Kevin Stein, junior, Cedar City. fifth, and sixth, Sara Herrmann, a senior from and Wyoming. Keams who took third and eighth places, '--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-' SUU debate team ranked nationally I |